Jul 15 - By Associated Press
A couple was jailed on felony charges after police discovered their three adopted sons were severely malnourished, including a 5-year-old boy who weighed less than 20 pounds.
Jul 14 - By Errin Haines, AP Writer
A man accused of poisoning his children's soup in a lawsuit scheme pleaded not guilty to federal tampering and fraud charges Friday.
Jul 14 - By Cheryl Wittenauer, AP Writer
Nearly a thousand mourners packed a church to remember four siblings who drowned along with a fifth child as they tried to save a friend during a church picnic on the Meramec River in eastern Missouri.
Jul 14 - By Margaret Lillard, AP Writer
Children with disabilities are more likely to live with a single woman — whether she is a mother, grandmother or a female foster parent — than other children, according to a new study.
Jul 11 - By Cheryl Wittenauer, AP Writer
Investigators called the drownings of five children on a church picnic an accident and said Tuesday they don't expect criminal charges, but the family of one victim retained attorneys and questioned whether there was proper supervision.
Jul 9 - By Cheryl Wittenauer, AP Writer
Five youngsters drowned during a church outing after one became caught in a river's undertow and the others jumped in to help, authorities said Monday. A sixth child was rescued and hospitalized.
Jul 7 - By Associated Press
A man who killed his four children while they were sleeping before fatally shooting himself had recently lost his job and was intoxicated, the Merced County sheriff said Friday.
Jul 7 - By Errin Haines, AP Writer
A father accused of poisoning his children's soup in a scheme to sue the Campbell Soup Co. was indicted on tampering and fraud charges, authorities said. The children, a 3-year-old boy and his 18-month-old sister, were taken to hospital emergency rooms three times in January.
Jul 4 - By Associated Press
A man who was seen arguing with his wife Tuesday later killed his four young children in their home with a hunting rifle before turning the gun on himself, officials said.
Jul 4 - By Lygia Navarro, AP Writer
They call themselves the "penguins" for their white-on-dark school uniforms, but what 700,000 Chilean high school kids have pulled off in recent days signals the emergence of a new generation in a nation transformed from dictatorship to democracy.
Jul 3 - By Associated Press
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral Monday of a slain 7-year-old who was strangled along with her 10-year-old stepsister in a double murder which has shocked Belgium.
Jun 29 - By Ed Brown, AP Writer
Townspeople placed lit candles, white roses and teddy bears alongside railroad tracks near a spot where two girls were found slain, and parliament canceled its session Thursday as Belgium expressed grief and shock over the killings.
Jun 28 - By Associated Press
Police found the bodies of two young sisters Wednesday and said they had been slain and left in a storm sewer after vanishing from an outdoor party in a case that has traumatized Belgians.
Jun 26 - By Associated Press
A doctor who hurled his two sons off a Florida hotel balcony and then leaped to his own death had accused his wife of having an affair with the family's gardener, according to investigators.
Jun 15 - By Michelle Faul, AP Writer
Young people in the new South Africa are struggling to confront AIDS, sexual violence and poverty. Thirty years ago, their predecessors fought to bring down a racist regime whose legacy still haunts the nation.
Jun 7 - By Associated Press
A shootout between police and drug gangs left 17 children injured Wednesday — several hit by stray bullets even though their teacher ordered them to lie down on the floor when the shooting began, authorities said.
Jun 5 - By Jim Suhr, AP Writer
Friends and family gathered Monday to remember a doctor and the two sons he threw from a 15th-floor hotel balcony before he jumped to his death.
Jun 2 - By Associated Press
Prosecutors decided Friday not to pursue the death penalty for an Oakland mother charged with murder for throwing her three boys into chilly San Francisco Bay.
Jun 1 - By Jan Sliva, AP Writer
The European Union is offering drug makers extended patents as an incentive to produce children's versions of drugs for diseases such as cancer, AIDS or psychiatric disorders.
May 29 - By Jim Suhr, AP Writer
Neighbors said Monday they had never seen anything to explain why Edward Van Dyk would have tossed his two sons, ages 4 and 8, from the 15th floor of a Florida hotel and jump to his own death.
May 27 - By Associated Press
A doctor killed his two young children Saturday by throwing them off the 15th floor of a landmark South Beach hotel and then jumped to his own death, police said.
May 27 - By Edith M. Lederer, AP Writer
More than 2 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV, almost all in sub-Saharan Africa where there is no access to treatment and death almost certain, seven leading child advocacy organizations said.
May 25 - By Kim Curtis, AP Writer
A woman accused of killing her three young sons by tossing them into frigid San Francisco Bay will stand trial on three counts of murder, a judge ruled Thursday.
May 24 - By Kim Curtis, AP Writer
A woman accused of killing her three young sons by tossing them into frigid San Francisco Bay believed God summoned her to sacrifice her children, her lawyer told a judge.
May 23 - By Associated Press
The Colorado horse and dog racing industry is hoping to lure more families to the tracks this summer, facing an aging population of fans and competition from both mountain casinos and online gambling.
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